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Specialty: Internal Medicine
Gender:
Female
Non-English Language(s):
Thai
, Lao
, Cambodian
Medical School: Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education 1981
Residency in Internal Medicine: Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education 1984
Certification: Am Bd of Internal Medicine
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Personal Profile
Center for International Health:
Patricia F. Walker, MD, DTM&H has been since 1988 the Medical Director at HealthPartners Center for International Health, a nationally known refugee and immigrant health clinic. She attended Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, where she received a Graduate Travel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Internal Medicine. A recipient of numerous awards, she was honored in 2004 as one of the Top 100 Influential Health Care Leaders in Minnesota. She chaired the State of Minnesota Immigrant Health Task Force from 2002-2004, a state wide group of 70 experts who developed best practices in care for refugees and immigrants in Minnesota. These best practices are now being shared nationally and internationally. Dr. Walker has published multiple articles and book chapters on refugee and immigrant health, and co-edited a medical textbook published in October 2007, Immigrant Medicine, the first of it's kind. She is an Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease and International Health in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota, and the Associate Medical Director of the Global Health Pathway (www.globalhealth.umn.edu). She maintains an active practice in clinical care of refugee, immigrants and in womens health. She speaks Thai and Cambodian, and enjoys teaching, learning from people all over the world, international travel and her family.
Travel Clinic:
Dr Patricia Walker has directed HealthPartners Travel Medicine program since 1988. She received her Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997, and clinical tropical medicine as part of a Bush medical leadership Fellowship at Chiang Mai University in Thailand. She received her Certificate in Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and a Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine from the International Society of Travel Medicine. She is available for pre-travel consultations, as well as for tropical medical consultation for illness contracted after international travel.
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